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Access to experimental medical treatments is expanding across the US

Some have argued that these laws have been driven by a dislike of both drug regulation and the FDA. After all, they are designed to achieve the same result as the compassionate... Read more »

This baby boy was treated with the first personalized gene-editing drug

The researchers used a new version of CRISPR technology, called base editing, that can replace a single letter of DNA at a specific location.  Previous versions of CRISPR have generally been used... Read more »

The Download: Montana’s experimental treatments, and Google DeepMind’s new AI agent

The news: A bill that allows clinics to sell unproven treatments has been passed in Montana. Under the legislation, doctors can apply for a license to open an experimental treatment clinic and... Read more »

Google DeepMind’s new AI agent cracks real-world problems better than humans can

“You can see it as a sort of super coding agent,” says Pushmeet Kohli, a vice president at Google DeepMind who leads its AI for Science teams. “It doesn’t just propose a... Read more »

How US research cuts are threatening crucial climate data

But long-running government programs that monitor the snowpack across the West are among those being threatened by cuts across the US federal government. Also potentially in trouble: carbon dioxide measurements in Hawaii,... Read more »

Google DeepMind’s new AI agent uses large language models to crack real-world problems

“You can see it as a sort of super coding agent,” says Pushmeet Kohli, a vice president at Google DeepMind who leads its AI for Science teams. “It doesn’t just propose a... Read more »

Google DeepMind’s new AI uses large language models to crack real-world problems

“You can see it as a sort of super coding agent,” says Pushmeet Kohli, a vice president at Google DeepMind who leads its AI for Science teams. “It doesn’t just propose a... Read more »

The first US hub for experimental medical treatments is coming

The idea that individuals have a right to access experimental treatments has in fact failed in US courts in the past, says Carl Coleman, a bioethicist and legal scholar at Seton Hall... Read more »

The Download: taking the temperature of snow, and the future of privacy

The Sierra’s frozen reservoir provides about a third of California’s water and most of what comes out of the faucets, shower heads, and sprinklers in the towns and cities of northwestern Nevada.... Read more »

Why climate researchers are taking the temperature of mountain snow

The pair of climate researchers from the Desert Research Institute (DRI) in Reno, Nevada, skied down to this research plot in the middle of the resort to test out a new way... Read more »